Paybacks Are a Bitch: Sophia is Just Like Me As a Kid

Do you want to know who said that to me? My mom. I was a bit, how-do-you-say, energetic. At all times. Even when I would be sleeping, my mouth would be running. I was always on the go, always moving, bouncing around, yapping, and just a big ol’ ball of energy. Plus, I was adorable. I mean, just look at that picture! I know. What happened, right?!

Why am I talking about myself as a kid? You mean aside from the fact that I was awesome? Because, my friends, I’ve been dealt paybacks. Paybacks in the form of having a child that is almost exactly like I was as a kid. And you know what else? Holy crap would I have HATED me as a kid! Ok, not really, but I probably would’ve wanted to lasso kid Nick and tell him to sloooooooooow doooooooown.

From the time she wakes up. Ok, well, from the time we force her out of bed in the morning to the time she passes out, she is always go, go, go, going. She’s over here, she’s over there, and whoooooooosh she’s gone! Now, I know, I’m really describing most toddlers. But, something about her being just like me when I was a kid, man. I don’t know, it’s just, I deserve it.

Not only is she all energy, all the time, but she’s also super picky about food. You know who else was? ME. Mealtime is always an adventure. The other night while having dinner, while she wouldn’t listen or sit still, I repeated a line my mom used on me many a time. “You’re giving me agita!” Granted, I did this while my mom was actually at the table. And it was also on purpose to get a reaction from my mom. But, still. Just one other reminder of how that little girl is entirely too much like me as a kid.

Plus, she’s goofy. Singing, dancing, making up her own words to songs, rockin’ silly voices. THOSE are some of my favorite characteristics. She does and says ridiculous things. Like the other morning when she said the following.

Me: Sophia, can you walk a little faster, please?
Sophia: I can't! I have old knees!

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3 thoughts on “Paybacks Are a Bitch: Sophia is Just Like Me As a Kid”

Haha I love this, Nick. There are definitely some traits that I see in my kids that look all too familiar. One of them is detesting naps. I hated them as a kid, never understood why adults took them. Only as a parent am I now a nap-convert, and I can already see one of my kids doing and thinking the same exact thing I did his age!

I’ll bet we all see a big part of ourselves as kids, in our kids. Probably why when they don’t listen it makes it that much worse! And, you gotta love getting upset at something they’re doing, and then being told “you DO know that you used to do that ALL THE TIME, right??” well, then.